Monthly Archives: March 2010

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (BP)–The earliest memory I have of March Madness was when I was 7 years old. Al McGuire’s Marquette won the tournament. I was pulling for Marquette because I liked their colors and I thought the untucked jerseys with the school name below the number…

March Madness is here! Is there anything more discouraging than watching your brackets get totally busted up by the end of the first weekend? Yeah, I guess there are several things in life that are more discouraging, but I don’t know why I punish myself in this way every year instead of just enjoying the games.

Here’s a little inspiration for you. In case your team is down by like…let’s say…15 points with only about…mmmm…4 minutes left, don’t give up:

The arms of that cross are wide enough to cover every need and every experience of our daily lives. Its foundations are deeper than than our deepest sorrows, and our loftiest heights of rapture can never reach above its heavenly altitude. It is God’s measure not only of His love, but of our lives.” – The Cross of Christ: His sufferings and their impact on the believer, p. 14.

The red letter Bible, the first edition of which was first published in 1900, is a very popular feature for a lot of evangelical Christians. I am not a big fan. Here are three reasons why:

(1) It is less pleasing to the eye when reading.

(2) It implies that more weight should be given to the words in red, when in reality we believe that ALL the words of the Bible are from Christ! There is even a group who label themselves as red letter Christians, intentionally emphasizing the words of Jesus (although I would argue they conveniently ignore a lot of the theological teachings of Christ).

(3) Even among the red letter editions, sometimes the “red” comes out more pink or orange than red.

For more on this subject…

…Nicholas Gray of the wonderful Scottish Bible publisher, RL Allan, has asked for opinions about red-letter Bibles in his latest blog post.